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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: δόλος

(Strong's #1388 — Noun Masculine — dolos — dol'-os )

"a bait, snare, deceit," is rendered "guile" in John 1:47 , negatively of Nathanael; Acts 13:10 , RV, AV, "subtlety" (of Bar-Jesus); 2 Corinthians 12:16 , in a charge made against Paul by his detractors, of catching the Corinthian converts by "guile" (the Apostle is apparently quoting the language of his critics); 1 Thessalonians 2:3 , negatively, of the teaching of the Apostle and his fellow missionaries; 1 Peter 2:1 , of that from which Christians are to be free; 1 Peter 2:22 , of the guileless speech of Christ (cp. GUILELESS, No. 2); 1 Peter 3:10 , of the necessity that the speech of Christians should be guileless. See also Matthew 26:4; Mark 7:22; 14:1 . See CRAFT , DECEIT , SUBTLETY.

Note: In Revelation 14:5 , some mss. have dolos; the most authentic have pseudos, a "lie."

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Guile'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​g/guile.html. 1940.
 
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